Humanitarian diplomacy is a new term, yet an old practice, and has received relatively little academic attention. This contrasts with the reality of humanitarian practitioners’ work, which has shown increasing...

This report summarizes a policy seminar organized by the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies in December 2020. It briefly points out some of the key challenges and opportunities for Norway...

Abstract The term ‘leave no one behind’ is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted by United Nations (UN) member states in 2015, and the phrase has...

Abstract ‘Leave no one behind’ in the context of the United Nations’ humanitarianism poses a noble ideal yet a challenging practice. The concept showcases terminological prevalence particularly in policy, yet unfeasibility...

Humanitarian emergencies continue to proliferate globally. Mostly driven by conflicts – but also natural hazards, climate change, famine, and epidemics – these emergencies exacerbate existing social vulnerabilities and create new...

The biggest newspaper in Finland, Helsingin Sanomat, published an opinion piece of CMI's Doctoral Researcher Salla Turunen, who discusses the urgent need for humanitarian diplomacy both in Ukraine and Russia...

In the fifth episode, Doctoral Researcher Salla Turunen looks into humanitarian diplomacy in case of emergencies together with the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Brian Lander and Rebecca Richards. Brian Lander...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders translates humanitarian diplomacy into humanitarian representation. But what does it mean? Listen to a new episode with Doctoral Researcher Salla Turunen and...

In this episode, Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow from the University of Oxford, discusses the art of humanitarian diplomacy and the history and experience of the ICRC. Hugo is known...

In the first episode of the Humanitarian Diplomacy podcast Doctoral Researcher Salla Turunen discusses humanitarian ethics with a philosopher, Senior Researcher Kristoffer Liden. Can humanitarian principles be implemented in a...

How do practitioners use humanitarian diplomacy at the field level? What is required of them in dealing with non-state armed groups, in particular? In the second episode of the Humanitarian...

Humanitarian diplomacy and humanitarian negotiation are inherently intertwined and interdependent, and form part of the same concept. While the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation’s (CCHN) community members are familiar...

Humanitarians operating on the front lines of today’s armed conflicts need to employ a skill set that combines both wit and tactics in order to overcome the strength and territorial...

Humanitarian diplomacy surrounds the field of humanitarian action and aims to meet humanitarian objectives by diplomatic means. The term itself is most often used by humanitarian practitioners, and as a practitioner-driven...

What kind of gender inequalities women face in different stages of life from a global perspective? What does Nordic exceptionalism mean in terms of gender equality? And what kind of...

Humanitarians operate on the frontlines of today’s armed conflicts, where they regularly negotiate to provide assistance and to protect vulnerable civilians. This can be understood as humanitarians actively engaging in...

Putins’s full-scale invasion to Ukraine has lasted over its first week. What kind of humanitarian future is ahead both for Ukraine and Russia should the situation remain the same? This...

With the world’s eyes focused on Putin’s war on Ukraine and its consequences, uncomfortable elements of the intersection of racial discrimination and conflict have been revealed. From a similar intersectional stance,...

Many humanitarians cringe at the thought of being categorised as diplomats. After all, isn’t being a diplomat something political that humanitarians are not supposed to be? Whereas some humanitarian workers...

Article 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be...

In Greek mythology the giant Antaeus, a son of the gods, was known for his invincible skills in wrestling, which enabled him to collect the skulls of those he overthrew...